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EDITORIAL: Defending Alleged Fraud With a “No Comment” is An Insult to Faculty, the Public & Legislators
THE HEADLINE IN The Michigan Daily says it all: “University won’t take action at this time on faculty letter to Regents.” By not taking action, U-M officials are, of course, choosing to continue with a multi-million dollar bonus and…
EDITORIAL: Entrenched Cronyism on City Boards and Commissions
K. INGRID AULT ran for Ann Arbor City Council and lost to incumbent Stephen Kunselman. Ms. Ault’s ideas and vision for the city did not appeal to the voters of her Ward. Ms. Ault was then appointed to the Parks Advisory Commission. The…
OP-ED: Arbitration & Consumers—Buy a Box of Cereal, Waive Your Rights Goodbye
By Paul Gordon
BUYING A CELL phone plan could make you powerless to sue your phone company if it defrauds you. Using a coupon to buy a box of cereal may mean you give up your right to sue if the food is tainted. Checking your grandmother…
EDITORIAL: The University of Michigan’s Secret Pay Enhancement Scheme Must Stop
DR. MARY SUE COLEMAN went to Lansing in 2011 to sing the praises of her university and to stave off threatened cuts to the $316 million dollar allocation the state of Michigan made to the University of Michigan in 2010. In her testimony,…
OP-ED: Special Fees For Driving Green are an Unfair Penalty Imposed by States
by Rita Beamish
A TAX ON virtue or a matter of fairness? The question ripples through states trying to prop up their ever-shrinking highway funds while eyeing the “free ride” enjoyed by green vehicle owners.
The fast-growing cohort of…
EDITORIAL: AAATA Millage Proposal Drive—Expensive, Deceptive and Manipulative
Please note: Editorial Board member Katherine Griswold did not participate in shaping this editorial.
STAFF AT AAATA first agreed to a meeting with The Ann Arbor Independent’s Editorial Board concerning the proposed millage. Then, after…
Op-Ed: Right-Wing Supreme Court Turns Another Blind Eye to Racism
by Steve Rosenfeld
U.S. SUPREME COURT Justice Sonia Sotomayor did not sit idly by as a majority of the men on the court turned yet another blind eye to the ugly realities of how race distorts the lives of Americans as they upheld a…
EDITORIAL: Race Matters
THE UNIVERSITY is under a microscope thanks to the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision Schuette vs. Bamn. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a 58-page dissenting opinion in which she argues that “race matters.” She called the six justices who…
OP-ED: If You Support Ann Arbor Public Transit It’s OK to Vote No May 6
by Lou Glorie
IN 1973 WHEN Ann Arbor voters first approved a millage dedicated to public transportation, the United States was learning a tough lesson due the Oil Embargo. Cars were lined up around gas stations for their rationed gas. …
OP-ED: Mozilla CEO Was a Victim of the Web Pundits Hunting For Clicks and Links
by Don Hazen
YOU WOULD HAVE thought some terrible crime had been committed given the moral outrage offered by a gaggle of mainstream white male pundits about the resignation of the newly appointed CEO Brendan Eich, of the non-profit…